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Mantua Creek in New Jersey

Stream13.6 mi

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Around Mantua Creek

John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge…3.4 mi2 mi

Data Source: Recreation.gov · Source: USGS GNIS · Public land: USGS PAD-US

About this river

Mantua Creek is a 13.6 mile stream. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Mantua Creek at East Holly Avenue at Pitman NJ (site 01475001). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 4. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1940 to 2026

Mantua Creek typically runs highest in April, at a median 12 cfs, and lowest in August, at 8.0 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 470 cfs, in 1971.

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Typical flow by month at Mantua Creek at East Holly Avenue at Pitman NJ, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January119.1 to 14
February129.5 to 14
March1210 to 15
April129.5 to 14
May108.8 to 13
June9.07.3 to 12
July8.66.7 to 11
August8.06.7 to 11
September8.36.4 to 11
October9.07.3 to 11
November108.3 to 13
December108.6 to 14

Typical is the median of each month’s daily median values, and the usual range runs from the median 25th to the median 75th percentile, across about 56 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Mantua Creek at East Holly Avenue at Pitman NJ (site 01475001). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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